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Tuesday after the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 19

The Sunday closest to September 14

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Cyprian of Carthage

Almighty God, who gave to your servant Cyprian boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

61

Exaudi, DeusBCP p. 668

1Hear my cry, O God, *and listen to my prayer.

2I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; *set me upon the rock that is higher than I.

3For you have been my refuge, *a strong tower against the enemy.

4I will dwell in your house for ever; *I will take refuge under the cover of your wings.

5For you, O God, have heard my vows; *you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your Name.

6Add length of days to the king’s life; *let his years extend over many generations.

7Let him sit enthroned before God for ever; *bid love and faithfulness watch over him.

8So will I always sing the praise of your Name, *and day by day I will fulfill my vows.

62

Nonne Deo?BCP p. 669

1For God alone my soul in silence waits; *from him comes my salvation.

2He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

3How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together, *as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?

4They seek only to bring me down from my place of honor; *lies are their chief delight.

5They bless with their lips, *but in their hearts they curse.

6For God alone my soul in silence waits; *truly, my hope is in him.

7He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.

8In God is my safety and my honor; *God is my strong rock and my refuge.

9Put your trust in him always, O people, *pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.

10Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, *even those of low estate cannot be trusted.

11On the scales they are lighter than a breath, *all of them together.

12Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; *though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

13God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *that power belongs to God.

14Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *for you repay everyone according to his deeds.

Daily Office Readings

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John 12:9-19

9 When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus. 12 The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written: 15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. 17 So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify. 18 It was also because they heard that he had performed this sign that the crowd went to meet him. 19 The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”

Job 40:1,41:1-11

1 And the Lord said to Job: 1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord? 2 Can you put a rope in its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook? 3 Will it make many supplications to you? Will it speak soft words to you? 4 Will it make a covenant with you to be taken as your servant forever? 5 Will you play with it as with a bird, or will you put it on leash for your girls? 6 Will traders bargain over it? Will they divide it up among the merchants? 7 Can you fill its skin with harpoons, or its head with fishing spears? 8 Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again! 9 Any hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed at the sight of it? 10 No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it? 11 Who can confront it and be safe? —under the whole heaven, who?

Acts 16:6-15

6 They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; 8 so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. 11 We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13 On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15 When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.